House debates
Monday, 10 September 2018
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Resignation (1 speech)
I inform the House that on Friday, 31 August 2018 I received a letter from the Hon. Malcolm Bligh Turnbull resigning his seat as the member for the electoral division of Wentworth. An opposition...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
Nine ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Statements (1 speech)
Today I present the 28th report of the Petitions Committee for the 45th Parliament, together with two petitions and nine ministerial responses to petitions previously presented. The two petitions...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Inland Rail (1 speech)
I inform the House that, pursuant to standing order 110, the honourable member for Kennedy has withdrawn his notice relating to the introduction of the Inland Rail Project (Improving...
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (9 speeches)
I'm very pleased to stand in this place and talk about trade and the opportunities for businesses right around Australia, particularly those in rural and regional Australia. As we know, the...
- Employment (6 speeches)
That this House: (1) expresses concern that despite recent improvements in the gender pay gap, Australian women continue to experience sustained economic disadvantage, in particular women working...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Minister for Home Affairs (1 speech)
Since the House last sat, the member for Melbourne has made a serious allegation against me. He's claimed that I misled parliament in response to his question on 27 March 2018. The claim is...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (13 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing ordering be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately: That the House: (1) notes: (a) the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip that members have been nominated to be members of certain committees. I call the minister.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the honourable member for Maribyrnong on which a division was called for and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission annual report 2017, together with the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Day, Ms Mary (1 speech)
On Friday, at a place she loved in Melbourne, Mary Day's family, friends and comrades gathered to say farewell and to remember her. Mary knew and loved this place too. She made a huge...
- Flynn Electorate: Wondai Show (1 speech)
It is a pleasure that I attended the Wondai Show on 1 September. Wondai is in the southern part of my electorate. 2018 marks the 101st Wondai Show. It was first held in 1911. A few years were...
- Hyde, Professor James (1 speech)
Professor Jim Hyde died in August. He was stirrer and an activist and incredibly intelligent. He was a man of strong principles and commitment, forthright and brave, a community leader. His...
- Dementia (1 speech)
Did you know that statistics show that dementia is the second leading cause of death amongst Australians every year and approximately 250 people are joining the population with dementia every...
- International Development Assistance (1 speech)
We return to parliament today with a new Prime Minister who has spent the fortnight since his surprise elevation talking about his values. The first time Prime Minister Morrison spoke in this...
- Drought (1 speech)
I'd just like to say how important the work that we are doing with the drought is. Just this morning we had meetings with the department of agriculture—and I'm looking forward to having...
- Minister for Home Affairs (1 speech)
There's one rule in this House for ministers: to tell the truth and not mislead the House. You might not like what a minister comes in here and says; you might not agree with the decision that...
- Energy (2 speeches)
I'd like to congratulate the Prime Minister, the member for Cook and also a fellow shire resident, on announcing that the NEG is dead. To the hundreds of constituents, to the small businesses, to...
- Canberra Electorate: Share the Dignity (1 speech)
Share the Dignity is an Australian charity that helps women experiencing domestic violence, women experiencing homelessness and women going through tough times. It helps in the form of personal...
- Australian Labor Party, Schools (1 speech)
Australians are just horrified that you come to this great building to try to hear two great, positive messages for the future of the country, but all you get from the Labor Party is scrounging...
- Prime Minister Morrison (1 speech)
What a two weeks it has been! Our new Prime Minister has donned an Australian flag pin to remind him of who he represents. He may do that because, since he has become our Prime Minister, it's...
- Soroptimist International (1 speech)
It's my great pleasure to rise in this place and speak about one of the great community organisations in my electorate of Forde. Soroptimist International is a worldwide organisation for women...
- Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
It was depressing but not surprising in the least to discover that the government's secret list of infrastructure and transport commitments, with a combined value of $7.6 billion, did not include...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, but tragically today, just like yesterday and tomorrow, eight Australians will take their own lives. For every person who dies by suicide in Australia, 30...
- Darwin City Deal (1 speech)
The Northern Territory's got a bright future, but right now there are a lot of Territory businesses that are doing it a bit tough. It's now been 510 days since the Darwin City Deal was first...
- National Action Plan for Endometriosis (1 speech)
Today I'm very pleased to rise to speak about the latest Liberal-led government's endometriosis initiative. We're investing $400,000 to educate doctors and nurses as part of funding set aside in...
- Employment (1 speech)
While the Prime Minister has been out in the lobby revving up the characters in his very own muppet show, the member for Chifley has discovered a secret plan by his government to axe 30 jobs from...
- Tangney Electorate: Leeming Spartan Cricket Club (1 speech)
It is 99-not-out for the Leeming Spartan Cricket Club in my electorate of Tangney. They are celebrating 100 years this season and a record 53 premierships in that history. This is a fantastic...
- Payday Loans (1 speech)
While chaos, division and dysfunction reigns in a government that doesn't even know what it stands for, 650,000 Australians continue to be ripped off every day by payday loan sharks. Despite what...
- Groom Electorate: It's a Bloke Thing (2 speeches)
Last year I rose in this chamber to talk of the It's a Bloke Thing charity fundraiser held in various locations around the country, most particularly in my home city of Toowoomba. Just last...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek your indulgence to make a short statement.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today, as he is observing the Jewish new year of Rosh Hashana, and I will answer questions on his behalf. I thank members...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Liberal Party Leadership (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Malcolm Turnbull is no longer Prime Minister of Australia. Why?
- Drought (4 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to ask the first question from this side of the chamber of our new Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House—
- Liberal Party Leadership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to my previous question. I asked not 'how' the Prime Minister was replaced but 'why'.
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's plan for a stronger economy is working to create more jobs and more opportunities for...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that just last week the government's entire infrastructure plan was leaked on Monday; its plan to end conflict with Catholic...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House we have joining us in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Jim Lloyd, a former minister and former member for Robertson. On behalf of the House I extend a welcome...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Home Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When I asked him on 27 March this year, the Minister for Home Affairs categorically ruled out any personal connection or other relationship with the intended...
- Drought (3 speeches)
My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the minister update the House on how the government is supporting...
- Members of Parliament: Conduct (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the standards required of ministers under the ministerial standards. Is the Prime Minister aware that the member for Leichhardt has today called...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on steps the government is taking to keep Australian families safe? How would different ideas make our...
- Liberal Party Leadership (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister confirm that the last time this House met, he supported a Turnbull government on Monday, voted for a Dutton government on Tuesday, said...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy. Will the minister update the House on how the government is focused on driving power prices down and producing results, particularly for small...
- Minister for Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy. Can the minister confirm that the last time this House met he supported a Turnbull government on Monday, voted for a Dutton government on Tuesday, said...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations. Will the minister update the House on how the government is helping everyday Australians find work and keep more of their...
- Liberal Party Leadership (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Digital Transformation. Can the minister confirm that when he told the House he supported Malcolm Turnbull on Monday and Wednesday he had...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Would the minister update the House on how the government is continuing to be in a financial position to subsidise life-changing medicines such as...
- Minister for Home Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Today the minister said that the employer of the Brisbane au pair wrote an email to the minister's publicly available email account. Will he table...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population. Will the minister update the House on how the government is investing in congestion-busting infrastructure,...
- Minister for Home Affairs (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Section 44 of the Constitution provides that any person who has a financial interest in an agreement with the Commonwealth is disqualified from sitting in...
- Education Funding (3 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on how the government is providing vital support and funding for students, parents and teachers? Is the minister...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
I seek leave to make a personal representation, Mr Speaker.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that members have been nominated to be members of certain committees.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 4 of 2018-19, Report No. 5 of 2018-19 (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports for 2018-19: report No. 4, Operational efficiency of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity: Australian...
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Panel (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant revoking the nominations of the honourable members for Wright and Swan to be members of the Speaker's panel. I also lay on the table...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Perth making a statement immediately and that the Member speak without limitation of time....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Membership (1 speech)
Order! I've received a message from the Senate informing the House that on 27 June 2018 Senator stoker was discharged from the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit and Senator Martin was...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (10 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the order of the day for the Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Bill 2018...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Minister for Home Affairs (1 speech)
During the course of question time today, in response to a question from the member for Blair, I undertook to table an email this afternoon. I seek to do so now.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Economy (1 speech)
Ten years ago, almost to the day, almost to this minute, I held a press conference in this building after the fourth largest US investment bank Lehman Brothers had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy...
- Fisher Electorate: Schools Debating Competition (1 speech)
On 11 June 2018 I held the inaugural Fisher Schools Debating Competition at Kawana Waters State College in my fabulous electorate of Fisher. It's important to me, in my role as the federal...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Today I rise to express the deep concern of the electors of Kingston—the confusion and the chaos that has left them, quite frankly, bewildered. Why do we have a new Prime Minister? Why has...
- O'Connor Electorate: Cancer Care Services (1 speech)
Cancer touches the lives of so many people, young and old. I'm blessed to have a family untouched by cancer, from my 92-year-old mother, who still enjoys great health, right down to my four...
- Macquarie Electorate: Bushfires, Macquarie Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
It's barely spring, but in New South Wales the bushfire season has been declared. It might not mean a lot for city dwellers, but for those of us on the urban fringe it's not a good sign. In spite...
- Goldstein Electorate: Community Sport (1 speech)
It isn't just the mighty Melbourne Demons that are storming home to glory this year. Spring has arrived, and many Goldstein sporting clubs have been buzzing with the opening of their seasons. I...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Newcastle Electorate: World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. The theme for this year is Working Together to Prevent Suicide. This theme was chosen because it highlights the most essential ingredient for effective...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
It seems like the way this great nation funds its hospitals continues to be a form of political water torture for the Labor Party as they dredge around for the scare campaign that'll save them at...
- Rosh Hashana, Maroubra Synagogue: 70th Anniversary (1 speech)
L'shanah tova. From sunset yesterday, Jewish Australians marked the start of Rosh Hashana. It's one of the holiest days for our Jewish community and signals the beginning of the new year and the...
- Ensemble Theatre: 60th Anniversary (1 speech)
Today I rise to celebrate an important milestone in the vibrant cultural life of my electorate and indeed all of Sydney: the 60th anniversary of the Ensemble Theatre. For six decades, the...
- Food and Grocery Manufacturing (1 speech)
Food manufacturing in Australia has a proud history, particularly in my electorate of Bendigo. Whilst the broader manufacturing sector is unfortunately declining in some areas, food and grocery...
- Bennelong Electorate: Women's Sport (1 speech)
In the past few hours, two Australian champions have won at the US Open in Flushing Meadows. Ash Barty just raised the women's doubles trophy with her partner CoCo Vandeweghe, and the great Dylan...
- South Australia: Budget (1 speech, 1 comment)
As you would know, Deputy Speaker Georganas, on Tuesday, 4 September the Marshall Liberal government handed down the Liberal Party's very first South Australian budget for 16 years. Sixteen years...
- McPherson Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to talk about just a few of the activities and achievements of note that are taking place in my local schools. I readily acknowledge that these are just the tip of...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Luana and Kathleen are both loving mothers in their 30s from my local community. Jarrau is an 18-year-old recent graduate from Woodridge State High School, also in my electorate. None of them...
- Raine, Professor Steven (2 speeches)
On occasion, we members of this House rise to mark the passing of leading citizens from the various electorates that we represent, and on some occasions it relates to a good friend. I rise today...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Defence Industry (8 speeches)
You have heard the truism many times before: small business is the engine room of the Australian economy. I am proud to be part of a coalition government which values and supports the aspirations...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (4 speeches)
I'm very pleased to speak on this motion, but it is a very sad point to discuss. The leading cause of death for young Australians aged 16 to 24 is not car accidents, it's not alcohol-fuelled...
- Immunisation (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) increased immunisation of children, which is essential for protecting them against diseases including pneumonia, polio, rotavirus diarrhoea,...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
It's been 17 months since the report of the inquiry by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee into serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers...
- Murray Electorate: All Abilities Football and Netball Carnival (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I had the privilege of attending the All Abilities Football and Netball Carnival, organised by Valley Sport, at the Mooroopna Recreation Reserve. The Mooroopna football and netball...
- Women in Parliament (1 speech)
The Prime Minister du jour has said some questionable things during his first fortnight, but I want to draw attention to just one comment. Speaking to a football coach over the weekend, he...
- Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre (1 speech)
On 31 August it was my great pleasure to officially open the Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre, a building destined to become a Wheatbelt icon. This exceptional building is completely made...
- National Threatened Species Day (3 speeches)
We get many visitors to Parliament House—lobbyists and the like, and not all of them are cute and cuddly—but today some of our native animals, including koalas, ringtail possums and...
- Broadband (3 speeches)
Thank you for bringing us to order. We're talking NBN. We know the deep and abiding passion on the other side of the chamber to take six years to connect 50,000 premises. This is the one-in-200...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
This Wednesday is Thank You For Working In Aged Care Day. In the last week I've been fortunate enough to visit two aged-care facilities in my electorate and to meet some of the wonderful,...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Last week in La Trobe we had a National Disability Insurance Scheme information session in Pakenham. Can I first of all thank the organisers who attended: Ben Leigh, the CEO of Latrobe Community...
- Oxley Electorate: Parliamentary School Program (1 speech)
After launching the Oxley Parliamentary School Program with a group of year 7 students at The Springfield Anglican College earlier this year, I was pleased to be at Kruger State School in my...
- North Sydney Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
The Lane Cove community in my electorate has always demonstrated a selfless community spirit. Last weekend was no exception, with local residents joining together to support two major fundraising...
- Tasmania: Bureau of Meteorology (1 speech)
Under this dysfunctional Liberal government, critical jobs at the Bureau of Meteorology in Tasmania are in danger of being cut, supposedly in the name of offering a greater level of service. This...
- Waddell, Superintendent David (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of the excellent work being done by our police officers in my electorate of Bennelong and to welcome Superintendent David Waddell to the area as Ryde's new police area...
- Personal Information and Privacy (1 speech)
If there is anything at all that the sideshow opposite has taught us over the past month, it is their absolute obsession with power. While the now Morrison government play musical chairs...
- Dunkley Electorate: Local Sporting Champions Grants (1 speech)
Many talented and gifted people in Australia are in my electorate of Dunkley. The 12 recent recipients of Local Sporting Champions grants are no exception to this. It was my absolute pleasure to...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Another day, another NBN tale of woe in Canberra. First, we weren't even on the NBN rollout map. We were just one big blank space. Second, when we finally did get on the map, we kept getting...
- Parliament (1 speech)
During the last sitting week Edwina Cooke of St Peter's Anglican College came to Canberra for work experience. I asked Edwina to give me a potential 90-seconder. These are her words—and I...
- Drake, Mr Ian 'Edna' (1 speech)
Last month the world lost a champion. Ian 'Edna' Drake dedicated his life to the cause of the worker. His work and the work of so many others in the trade union movement has ensured we have the...
- Brisbane Electorate: Rugby Union (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate two amazing sporting clubs in my electorate who played in the local rugby championships last month. Well done to the talented players and their coaches who competed over...
- Grayndler Electorate: Globe Wilkins Preschool (1 speech)
I rise to express my solidarity with the more than 500 inner-west residents who gathered yesterday to protest against the New South Wales government's decision to close Globe Wilkins Preschool,...
- Groom Electorate: Taylor's Removals (1 speech)
Taylor's Removals started in Toowoomba in 1918. It was started by WG Taylor with his horse and dray, transporting goods to and from the Toowoomba railhead. It was the equivalent of what these...
- Dobell Electorate: Grant McBride Memory Walk (1 speech)
The light drizzle didn't dampen the spirits of those who joined me in the Grant McBride Memory Walk at Long Jetty on Saturday. With 368 registered walkers and more than 300 extra donations, we...
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1 speech)
In rising, may I also associate my comments with the member for Dobell and congratulate her on an outstanding event. Like many members, I recently received dozens and dozens of requests for a...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Shipping Industry (6 speeches)
I move That this House notes that: (1) this Parliament condemns the exploitation of workers and communities by unscrupulous shipping and port operators; (2) exploitive deals with unscrupulous...
- Infrastructure (9 speeches)
I'd like to acknowledge and thank the member for Forrest for moving the original motion, because we, as the Liberal government, are doing fantastic things in the infrastructure space. My...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I inform the Federation Chamber that, pursuant to standing order 110, Mr Hill has fixed the next sitting as the day for moving notice No. 3, private members' business.
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Energy (7 speeches)
Deputy Speaker Gee, as you know, this is an important issue for the people that we represent, because right now they cannot pay their power bills. It doesn't matter whether you are representing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2018; Second Reading (3 speeches)
This bill, the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2018, will remove the constraints that the Commonwealth government shamefully placed on the legislative powers of the Australian Capital Territory...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Farm Household Allowance (3 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter raised by the member for Calare. I notice the member's focus is on drought as no doubt his community and many others are struggling through some...
